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Thursday, 14 November 2013

Rajma masala/Red kidney bean masala

Rajma masala/Red kidney bean masla

This is my kids favourite dish.If im serving with ghee smeared chapathi he will finish it soon.My neighbour used to give this one to my kid who is always waiting for Aunty's Rajma masala.Finally i decided to study and try this dish.Red kidney beans is highly rich in fiber and vitamin K.Hope you all will try this recipe

Ingredients:

Rajma:1 cup

Onion:1big

tomato:1 big

Ginger garlic paste/Inji veluthulli :2 tspn

Coriander powder/Mallipodi:.1 tspn

Chilly powder:2 tspn

Garam masala:1tspn

Cumin seeds/jeeraklam:1/4 tspoon

Kasthuri methi:1/2 tspoon

Cinnamom/Patta:small piece

Cardamom/elakkay :1

Clove/Grampoo :1

Green chilly:2

Coriander leaves

oil

salt

Method:

Wash and soak Rajma in enough water foor 10,12 hours and cook it in pressure cooker by using the same water you used for soaking.Keep it in low flame for 20 minutes.While cooking you can add salt

Chop onion and tomatoes finely

Heat a pan and add oil

Saut onion with cinnamon,clove and cardamom

Then add tomato and green chilly saut it for a minute and allow all the things blend together

Now add ginger garlic paste.Saut it well for a minute

Add coriander powder,chilly powder ,garam masala and cumin seeds

Then grind all the things by using a mixer grinder.Make it in to fine paste

heat a kadai and add the cooked rajma together with remaining water

Add ground masala to the kadai mix it well with the rajma

Add kasthuri methi and coriander leaves

If you need gravy add 1 cup of water and adjust the salt .Cook it for 5 minute